MICHEL – THE ANIMALS I AM

Fonderie Limone – Small Hall
3–4 October 2026, 7:30 PM

Chiara Bersan’s work highlights diverse bodies and challenges the idea of a single standard of beauty by opening new possibilities for expression and representation. Evolving from L’animale (2021), a solo that reworked classical ballet codes on a divergent body, the project expands into a collective creation. In Michel • The Animals I Am, three performers with disabilities share the stage, moving beyond the notion of the disabled artist as an isolated exception.

Creation: Chiara Bersani
Performers: Anna Maria Pes, Annalisa Frascari, Carolina Ellero
Lighting design and technical supervision: Valeria Foti
Touring technician: Eva Luna Thomann
Set: Valeria Foti and Richard Gargiulo
Sound: Francesco Rofi Pallone
Costumes: Giulia Merlini with Ettore Lombardi

Corpoceleste_C.C.00# is a co-production of Snaporazverein (Samaden, CH) and Theaterfestival Boulevard (’s-Hertogenbosch, NL), with the support of Alkantara Festival and Centro de Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian (Lisbon, PT).
Ring Project of Festival Aperto / Fondazione I Teatri Reggio Emilia – Bolzano Danza / Fondazione Haydn – FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts – Torinodanza Festival / Fondazione Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale.
Associate partner: Lavanderia a Vapore / Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo (IT).
Chiara Bersani is Associate Artist of Triennale Milano Teatro 2025–2027.